Normalcy...

Hello friends.

I hope you are doing well.

I am feeling quite content these days. Life has settled into a little bit of a routine. The routine is changing still but only slightly and in another week we have a national holiday that includes a week off school. So life will get the toss up then. But for now I have reached a bit of normalcy.

My days include a variety of daily tasks. I teach seven sessions Tuesday thru Friday. It's one class - Practical English for Listening and Speaking. I teach the same thing seven times...which is nice because of having only one prep a week. But also can get a bit repetitive for myself. This last week's class was all about 'get to know the teacher' and 'get to know the students' so there was no real work done. I told them about me and my life a little, I had them fill out a student sheet that told me about them, I asked each of them their favorite color (because why not? ;]), I let them ask me any questions they wanted about the class or me, and I finished each class with Hangman.

The most fun question for the students and one I expected was "do you have a boyfriend?" and it was usually followed by "do you want one?" or "what is your ideal boy?" ... My classes are all vastly female. The average class size for me is about 40 or 45 and the average number of boys is 6. So the girls got a kick out of asking that question. It was always accompanied by a number of giggles and hands covering faces. Most amusing for me. =)

When I am not teaching, I spend a bit of time in commuting. Luckily, on most days I have class times that correlate well with the school bus that my university offers the teachers for free. My commute is about 45 min one way. Which can seem a bit much, but for me I spend that time reading.... so I love the commute.

Then, during the week I have three different studies in the evening. At the moment this schedule is Monday evening, and two on Friday afternoon/evening. I'm working on another one on Tuesday or Wednesday evening. And then Sundays are my 'me' days.

Today is Sunday, and I've done very little as of yet. I slept in, had some coffee and played around on the computer, went to lunch with my roommate, and now I'm having some more coffee and playing on my computer again. =) The rest of the day isn't looking to be much more productive. However, I am hoping to plan the study for tomorrow. Maybe look over/go thru my lesson for the week one more time. But that might happen tomorrow.

Sunday's are supposed to be lazy, right?

Until next time.